Overview
This workshop program has a distinct business orientation and focuses on providing
both the technical and non-technical professional insights that will be
helpful in addressing legal issues from a business prospective. The workshop
has a many interactive components and maintains a high level of interest
through involvement of the participants. Many intellectual property and
licensing issues are presented to the participants for discussion and resolution
in small groups. The largest group case study takes place in the later
half of the afternoon and includes group discussions and presentations.
Vertex designed this program to suit experienced business personnel. There
is never more than 15 minutes of presentation between group exercises.
This approach reinforces the learning process through effectively demonstrating
the relevance of the business theory and legal issues presented and discussed.
If necessary, aspects and emphasis of the workshop program could be tailored
to meet the specific needs which you might have identified. Objectives
The objectives of this one-day workshop are to:

Introduce participants to intellectual property
law;

Demonstrate how intellectual property law can be
used to protect innovation and competitiveness;